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    "id": 441258,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Karaba",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Daniel Dickson Karaba",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we had quite a lot of historical engagements across the coast which they should have used to develop schools. However, that was not possible. We noted that most of those schools have been neglected for a long time. We are asking residents of the area to seriously consider the plight of the young boys and girls who stay in those classrooms unattended. In this case, we are asking the county governments to provide toilet facilities. In some areas, we noted that children did not even have toilets. Several bushes were designed for the girls while others were for the boys. Teachers had makeshift toilets which were a preserve for adults; men and women. There is a very serious omission of order and that is what was exposed to us; hence, the Report exposes all these things. We also noted that the teachers who teach in these areas are of low cadre and are not trained through any ECDE programmes. Some of them are school dropouts from various levels and, therefore, cannot articulate what is taught at the ECDE classes. This is a very serious omission. We have made a recommendation asking the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) to step in and employ the necessary teachers so that teachers who are trained from various institutions can teach the children there. We also noted, as we went round, that there was a meeting for all County Executives Committee (CECs) members for Education drawn from various counties in the Republic. We had a meeting with them in Mombasa and we also met the Chairman of MCAs attached to the education sector in various counties. We exchanged ideas with them and they came up with a recommendation that it is important to have EDCE classes started as a matter of urgency. We made a recommendation that the best classroom in a school should be that of the ECDE level. The classroom should be friendly to the growing children so that they grow liking school and education. This is important and the Government, therefore, should step in and provide the teachers. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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